Important update delivered as Aston Villa aim to adapt to government plans

Things are going nicely on the field for Aston Villa at the moment with them challenging at the top of the league and looking good for the play-offs at the very least.

The men from Villa Park had the aim of being in the top six come May this season and as we get to half-way they are looking as though they are going to be able to do that.

Off of the pitch, too, there’s been good developments with the likes of Tony Xia really doing well in helping the club financially and getting it back towards some kind of order.

Some things, though, still need to be resolved and that includes what will happen with the government’s HS2 rail plan with the building set to impact on the club’s training base.

According to Rob Dorsett on Twitter, though, a productive meeting was had yesterday and some kind of agreement that suits all could be reached:

I understand #avfc Chief Exec Keith Wyness’ meeting with Gov official yesterday was productive. Villa confident they will get adequate compensation for when HS2 takes away all their Academy pitches. Options: relocate completely, or extend TG to the North. Club prefer latter.